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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing
Categories Documentation Builder
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 7, 2023

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upload report template to PUB via URL

It is possible to download an template from PUB by putting an URL into a browser. e.g. following URL will download template#5: http://<server>:<port>/rpeng/api/templates/5?action=download

Unfortunately our reports are developed in RPE and maintained in SVN. That means the master is in SVN and must be deployed to the Integration system. Once it is released by other department then it will be released to the production system. To handle all the different reports with different version and different systems there would be a benefid if this could be done by an URL rather than a manual process. for example: http://<server>:<port>/rpeng/api/templates/5?action=upload (with folllwing file...)

Such a way could be save a lot of time which we currently spend on the deploymant process. Another benefid could be the reduced time to fix an issue within the report.

Idea priority Medium
Needed By Month
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  • Guest
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    |     Apr 10, 2024
    I appreciate your response even a bit late. This time, I was out of the office and responding a bit late. Let me first put a timeline of this idea.

    This idea was created on Sept. 7, 2023. The same day I requested additional information. No further details were supplied and on Oct 4th, 2023, the idea was declined as no additional information was received. This is aligned with the IBM idea process, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6438917. 6 months after the idea was declined, you provided further comments.

    Going back to your feeback.

    1) "Are you asking to download template from SVN to the Publishing or from Publishing to the SVN?" Answer: The request is for direction from SVN to the Publishing. We use SVN to controll our source code. Therefore the master is in SVN and has to be published to eache environement seperately (e.g. Integration or Production system)

    IBM - There is already an idea for PUB to add version control support, see https://ibm-ai-apps.ideas.ibm.com//ideas/ENGLOP-I-27.

    2) "Publishing has two clients, Publishing Eclipse aka thick client where templates are saved on a file system and Publishing Document Builder aka web client where templates are saved in a database"
    Answer:
    a) We currently use the web client to upload our dta files, the word templates as well as the javascript librarys. To have a kind of traceability we put our SVN revision number to the description for each of them manually.
    b) We can not publish the reports and javascript librays by the Publishing Eclipse functionality because it can be configured to connect to eiter the Integration system or the Production system. Switching manually between both systems would not be an option because in this case synchronize either SVN against Integration system or SVN against Production system but we still need a synchronization between Integration system against Production system. (put a Template, report or javascript to production which sucessfully passed the validation process)

    Our idea is that - if we would know how Eclipse would publish the report to PUB - that we could send the GET and Post command to:

    * upload files from SVN to the Intregration system and add the SVN revision number automatically to the descripton or Tags
    * synchronize the Production system from the Integration system togther with the revision information

    My suggestion would be to review PUB Document Builder APIs https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/RPEAPIDocumentation. This might help you in what you are trying to accomplish. If this does not help, let me know. I believe you have my email and we can schedule a meeting.
  • Guest
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    |     Oct 4, 2023
    As part of the review process, we strive to be transparent about our intentions with each enhancement suggestion. The IBM Engineering team has carefully reviewed this idea and requested additional information. To date, no additional information received and based on our understanding, the idea does not fit our near-term plans. Although we are closing this request, it will be kept in IBM's ideas repository.  We value your feedback and thank you for allowing us to partner with you in developing our products.
  • Guest
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    |     Sep 7, 2023
    As part of the review process, we strive to be transparent about our intentions with each idea suggestion. The IBM Engineering team has reviewed the idea, and it needs more information.
    First, it is not clear what do you mean under to download template. Are you asking to download template from SVN to the Publishing or from Publishing to the SVN? Second, Publishing has two clients, Publishing Eclipse aka thick client where templates are saved on a file system and Publishing Document Builder aka web client where templates are saved in a database. Is your request for thick or web, or for both?
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